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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-29
HENDERSON, n. c..
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1887.
IN SUNSET LAND.

Frances L. Mace, in Journal of Commerce
Oh tell me, yOu who dwell in sunset land
Whose white tents in the purple Shadows
stand
Far down the westward slope,
Tell me if you still hear the voice Of hope?
II without pang or pain
You know that dew and bloom will never
come again?
For there no more with bridal song Of love
Do lark or I:..npt build in field or grove
Pale leaves fit through the air,
And empty nests hang III the branches bare
How can We sit serene,
Nor grieviHg backward gaze on maBy a
fairer scene?
l hear no words, but written in the eyes
Lifted, eXpectant, tn the veSper skies,
Is answer to my til u hit:
Pleasant is rest When the day task is
wrought,
Pleasant the tranquil hour,
And the rich light that falls on dying leaf
and flower.
1.-The paths are cool and still in sunset
Our weary brows with airs of peace are
famed.
The fever. the unrest
Are past. the eager struggle to be blest.
Ali !! in this evening gold,
How few the joys that keep the splendOr
they fOreLOldi
1.-THE light IS crystal clear in sunset land,
Much that was vailed and dim we under
stand,
We know and we are known;
illusions. dreams and fantasies are flown,
And past the strife,
We read and ponder we'll the meaning of
our life
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-29
n Office!
SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN
PROPERTY.

By virtue of the powers conferred upon
me as trustee and executor Of the late will
and testament If Mrs. A. r. Cheatham. de-
ceased, late OF Vance county, ] shall sell fnr
cash, to the highest bidder, on the premises,
at the corner of Chestnut and Montgomery
streets, in the town of Henderson, on Mon
day, October 10th, 1887, at IL o'clock, noon,
those two valuable three-siory prize houses
there situate. belonging to the estate of said
A. F. Cheatham. They will be sold sepa-
rately. Size Of each lot y feet 82I feet.
size of prize houses 32x6S feet. and 32xs0
feet, and 80 feet pitch. Said houses are
well built the first story of each is Of stone
and brick. Each is we'll fitted up with ele-
vator and screws, and we'll racked from bot
tom to top. Inspection of the property is
invited. For arrangement and convenience
of access they are unsurpassed. The title
is perfect. For further information apply
to the undersigned or T. T. Hicks. attorney
w. A. CHEATHAM,
Executor and Trustee.
Henderson, n. C., Sept. 9, 'S7. s15-3o
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-29
q ANGELA" ING
FOR YOUR TRADE

Are we with the Largest and Best
stock Of goods we have yet brought to
this market; which we propose to sell
at prices to suit the times.
The demand of our customers has
made it necessary for us make Humer
Gus additions to our already large stock
this season. and we feel safe in saving it
contains the most extensive variety and
best values yet ffeI ed by u.s. We MIX
specially of strictly fine goods, and
whil- quality cannot be discounted, .ur
motto being always to elevate rather
than lower the standard, our prices are
within reason and reach of the most ecu
non:iral Our stock has been selected
with great care, and We take pleasure In
inviting the attention and insy ection of
our friends and patrons Thereto.
Embraced in our new purchases are
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-29
st. Louis ~srIninr Promoters >.

There is one cless of men in this city who
should DO gotten rid of, il possible, and that
u the class of mining promoters" These
men are lceches, at oncc upon the mine own
ers and the public, and have done moro than,
any others to bring mines and mining into
diSreputc. These are the men who boom
worthless mines, and nearly oil properties
which have resulted IN loss to ST. Louis in
gestors wero handled and doomed by these
ncu- To the mine owner they are perfect
sharks, and rob both him and the public.
Their mode of procedure is as follows: A
inne owner comes to them with q request
that they place his property at
certain price, Offering fair remun-
Grafton for his services This tho pro
moter will not accept, but says that if the
owner will represent his property as being of
greater value, he he promoteI1 will neg
tlato sale. giving the owner tho amount
OF his original valuation, and retaining the
excess himself Thus o mine, which wouIl
pay well upon the price at which the owner
il willing 70 sell, fails to yield an ADEQUATE
return upon the Inflated value due to the ma
nlpaiatlons OF tho promoter, and miners and
mining aro brought into disreputo and the
public robbed for tho benefit OF tho broker
All honest miners are most anxious to ret rid
or this old man OF the sea, who has fixed him
self upon The mining trado, and 1t is to he
bored that tho public will soon learn to treat
these men with tho neglect they DESERVE
Globe-Democrat Interview.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-29
Fine Handmade Shoes

fol ladies and gentlemen, Misses and
children, hats of every shade and de-
scription, gents furnishing goods. neck
wear, silk umbrellas. parasols, trunks.
vailses. &c In the line Of ladies', Misses
and chlldren's shoes, our stock il SIM
ply perfec., rep, e enting such ceiebr ted
makes as Z4igler's, f. P. Reed and
others. On strictly fine shoes and slip
pers We take the lead. We have them iu
many unique designs to make the
honely foot shapely and the pretty foot
even more so. Patrons are pleased with
the quality of our goods; pleased with
the way they fit the 100; pleased with
the wearing. and, best of all, pleased
with the prices. Call and inspect for
yourself.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-03
THE NUMBER SEVEN.
Extent to Which 1t Entered Into the
Building of Cologne's Cathedral.

Extent to Which 1t Entered Into the
Building of Cologne's Cathedral.
Not only in the larger portions of the
masonry work in the Cologne Cathedral,
but down to the minutest details OF the
ornamentation, the combinations OF
''seven," deemed sacred number in
the Middle Ages, enter to consider
able extent. Thus, at all the porticoes,
and even on the side entrances, we find
seven inches for the reception of statues.
The depth of the vestibule is seven
times feet (56 feet;) in it there are
seven pedestals for as many statues.
Seven chapels surround the High Choir,
which, like the inner space of the cathe-
dral, has both a width and height OF
seven times % feet C61 feet.) The
height of the side aisles is seven times
10 feet 60 feet) Twice seven pillars
ornament the High Choir. The five
aisles of the cathedral are each sepa-
rated from the other by rows of 2
pillars. The entire number of free
pillars is seven times 8 (56;) that of the
pillars set into the walls seven times
(2s.) The western portico has width
of seven times SO (231 feet.) The
whole length of the imposing edifice is
seven times 76 (5S2 feet,) and its height
to the pinnacle of the main towers was
originally planned to be srven times 7t
feet; while the three traniapts have
width of seven times 15 fest (1O5 feet. =.
Paris Annerican Register
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LEARNING A TRADE.
A Sound Argument in Favor of Boys Ac
quiring knowledge in Shops.

A Sound Argument in Favor of Boys Ac.
quiring knowledge in Shops.
When a boy has once gained the
practical knowledge which every boy
of the least ability will naturally acquire
in shop he is fitted to convert the
knowledge which a college or a univer-
sitv offers him into useful wisdom.
The greatest fallacy of modern edu-
cationists is that a boy can better be
taught TO do something by theory than
he can learn to do something by prac-
tice. This has never proved true, and
there is no reason to believe that it ever
will. There are thousands of college
graduates in this country to-day whose
prospects of getting a living are ex-
tremely precarious, because they know
nothing except what they were taught
at college. On the other hand, there
are great many who have had their
ideas broadened by a college course,
and correspondingly benefited thereby.
Simple as the whole matter is, there are
many who can not be made to see it,
and they are helped along sometimes,
in their blindness, by those who ought
to know better. The idea that college
course alone will fit man to get a
decent living is as fallacious as the idea
that such a course can not help him
in getting along in the world. The
best advice. in our opinion, thatcan be
given boys in this respect is: Do moi
depend upon what you may acquire a
some institution of learning to get yol
comfortably through the world. The
failures will be a hundred to one. Or
the contrary do not despise what yol
may learn at schools and colleges
! This will be mistake, though not Sc
fatal as the one first tnaned.-AnasricG,
| Machsnist.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-03
BELLEVUE La. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1887.
FIRST CLASS COTTON.
An Honest Colored Mans Dealings with
an Unreasonable White Man.

An Honest Colored Mans Dealings with
an Unreasonable White Man.
This bale of cotton seems to be un-
usually heavy, old man." said cotton
buyer to negro whose cotton he had
just weighed.
"Yas. sab; yas. Raised in mighty
low groun' down naixt ter de bayou,
sah Ole Tom Neil had some raised
down dar dat's heavier den dis"
''But this seems to be a little too
heavy"
30, it's nachul, sab; it's nachul.
Mighty heavy dew down in dat low
groun' at night. Almos' think dar'd
been er rain ever mawnin', sab. Vas,
it's nachui."
.'Yes, but don't care about paying
you until open this bale"
"Dar amt no use'n openin' de bale,
sab; no use er tall. Cotton's all dar,
nachul an mighty fine. Look out,
boss. doan tar de cotton ter pieces dat
erway. Look out-injer it foolin' long
wild it dat erway. Dar, dat'll do. O.,
yer see, it's nachul. Low groun'-'
The cotton buyer hauled out log of
green wood. "What do you call this?"
"Sah?"
81 say what do you call thisp"
IVY, sab, some O de cuis things
=,
"Never mind. What do you call
this?'
Looks like wood, sab; TIL be blame
eff it doan. Is it sho' huff wood,
bossp'
"You know we'll enough what it is
you good-for-nothing old rascal"
'.Who do?''
"You do, you thciving-''
sTa kere. now; ia kere. Neber seeC
dat wood till dis mint, an | doar
know how it got dar. Muster drappet
in Wen | want lookin'."
Il think it dropped in when you wer
looking. Take your cotton away from
here. / don't want it"
IVY, sab, jes pay ME fur de cottol
an let de wood erlone. Wat We
mean by slch capers? Huh, l ain
axed yer to take de wood. Ill ain
er pusson to force nuthin' on er ma
wen he doan' want it. Yes, sab, dat
mighty fine cotton. Raised dow
| dar-"
Take it away, tell you. Take
away or I'll burn it up"
"W'at, come 'stroyin' er mans prof.
erty widout gibin' him warnin?'. Or
reasonablest man | eber seed, an
doan peer ter me like yer wanter ac
homes, nohow; an l wanter tell "
right yere dat / ain gwine ter hab n
mo- dealin' wild yer. Eff dar's an
thing spices it's er unhones' wit
man." "-Arboasato TraUeter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-03
RAILWAY SNOW SHEDS.

How the Pacific Roads Prevent Their
Tracks From Being Buried Under Snow.
Snow-sheds, to cover the railway
track, have been built at points on the
Central Pacific road where it crosses the
Serras. As the trains bound East
leave Emigrant Gap they run through
one continuous shed for thirty-nine
miles. The purpose of the shed is to
prevent the track from being buried
under falling and drifting snow. They
secure this end. but are themselves the
occasion of great inconvenience, such
as the noise, the loss of view and the
confning of the smoke to the train.
There is nothing peculiar in the con-
struction of these sheds which have to
support only the burden of the snow.
But on the line of the Canadian Pacific
road, where the road crosses the Rocky
Mountains. sheds of different CON-
struction are needed. Before the road
was completed, observations in the
mountains showed that avalanches
must be provided against. A single
avalanche covered the track for a dis
tance of one thousand three hundred
feet, and to the depth of fifty feet The
result of these observations was that
the company constructed four and a
| half miles Of snow-sheds at an enor-
nous expense.
The sheds are constructed as follows:
On the high side of the mountain slope
timber crib filled with stones is con-
structed. Along the entire length OF
the shed, and on the opposite side OF
the track, timber trestle is erected.
strong timber beams are laid from the
top of the crib-work to the top of the
trestle, four feet apart, and at an angle
representing the slope of the mountain
as nearly as possible. These are GOV.
cred over with four-inch planking. and
the beams are braced on either side
from the trestle and from the crib. Th'
covering is placed at such height a.
to give twenty-one feet headway from
the under side of the beam to the cente
of the track. The longest Of thes
sheds is thirty-seven hundred feet
Youths Companion.
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COLONEL MACBRiDE.
A Prominent Texans Adventures in New
York City.

"A frOm1nent TeXaD'S Adventures IN new
York City.
Colonel Sumpter Mcbride, who is one
of the cattle king of Austin, Texas, is
once more in New York on a brief
visit. He visited our sanctum last
week. He seemed to be puzzled about
something. Finally he remarked:
''This is the dog-gondest town ever
was in.'
''Yes, New York is considerable of a
town."
"Well I should say so. Do you know
what bothers me more than any thing
else?''
"Qgtes sabe?"
"Well, it's seeing the duplicate Of
every man ever met in my life. !"
"Yes. I've noticed that"
"Do you know Dan McGary, OF
Houston?''
81 should smile; but as far as that
goes nobody could know Dan and not
smile, if there was % saloon in the
neighborhood. But what about Dan
McGarv?"
Il saw a policeman taking Dan to
| Jail. pushed through the crowd and
was trying to tell the policeman that
I'd 60 on Dams bail bond, when he
reached out and hit me whack on the
head that made me see stars. wonder
if it was Damp
''That was merely somebody who
looked like him. Dan is in Houston. y
Il guess you are right, for I've seen
four Ben Thompsons since | got here,
and you know Ben was killed in San
Antonio more than three years ago.
was one of his pall-bearers. And yet
saw one of him driving a street car
and another of him bathing at Coney
Island, and two more of them on the
police force"
Il have undergone the same expert
ence."
Besides, met man who looked SC
much like Ex-Governor Ireland that
called him Governor; and what's more,
he was walking with man who was 6
perfect fac simile of ex-senator Terrill.
If it hadn't been for that I'd have
sworn it was Ireland"
'Yes, you meet all kinds of people il
New York. There are lots of Texans
here, too.''
II should say so. made the ac
quaintance of one yesterday on Broad
way. He is nice, clever fellow, know
everybody in Austin, and is a nephew
of Major Breckenridge, of the Firs
National Bank"
''He is. eh?''
"Yes. he had just won a pictur
worth five thousand dollars, one of tn
old masters, you know"
Ibid you lend him any money!"
Eyes. You see there was one hun
dred and fifty dollars due on it. II
didn't have any money with him, bu
fortunately 1 had just drawn two hur
dred dollars from the bank, so let hiI
have it. ;"
LET him have it, did youP''
..Yes. He didn't want to take it 6
first, but persuaded him."
20. you persuaded him?"
"Yes, he seems to be gentlema
from the ground up. Well, l must |
: going"
We have not seen Colonel Sumpte
Mcbride since, but he is still in Ne
York, for there was an item in morl
ing paper to the effect that he ha
called at police headquarters to obtai
0 the arrest of an unknown man who ha
t played the confidence game on him.
Teras SJlings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-03
REGRET.

ysan see tie shadows falling
FROM the far of lofty height,
ycan hear sweet voices calling
Through the solitude of night;
r ran hear a never never!
Ring over the years OF Time,
And know have lost forever
The ioys OF hope sublime.
The days flow on like river,
And our joys, like fakes OF snow,
Sink down and are lost forever
In the wild, tumultuous flow;
childhood begins Life's story,
The Man reads onlyits cares,
And Age. bowed low and hoary,
Completes 1t with sorrow and tears
0yoiees sweet and olden,
O hands that clasped OF yore,
Come back in the twilight golden,
Let me feel your spell as of yorel
{, voices Of life, that are sleeping
Where silence hangs brooding yet.
rome forth at the sound of our weeping
Come back at our song OF regret!
Peace to the wild complaining!
Let the lips and the heart be still
Go, work in the years remaining
With flrmer and holier will;
Work on. though the darkness cover
The path that hope painted so bright;
Work! the heavens are round thee and over,
And the stars shine forth in the night.
Toll on, for If labor is holy
1t tcrowneth with blessings the brow.
As Gods fields and valleys lowly
Are wrapped in His mantle of snow.
Toll on and when evening slumber
With its peace thy spirit allay,
Then the glories of night shall outnumber
The cares that o'er-clouded the day.
Byron w. King. in N. Y 06serUer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-03
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

TO dare is great. To bear is greater.
Bravery we share with the brutes; for
titude with saints.-Charlcs +. Deems.
Those who are the least deserving
have the least charity and the fewest
good words for others. i'd
UGnce Thought.
One of the thrilling disappointments
of life is to renounce the world and then
find that the world knows nothing of its
announcement.
1t is always good to know, if only
in passing, charming human being;
it refreshes one like flowers, and woods,
and clear brooks.
The way of the transgressor is gen
orally alleged to be hard. The trans
gressor doesn't mind this, though, half
as much as do his friends. Fran
cisco Post
-''They say Charlie has married. Is
she well-informed woman?" ''Well,
1 should say so. She has belonged to
the sewing circle for ten years and never
missed meeting"
"A woman who is afraid to cross
crowded street without an escort often
possesses nerve enough to take one
legged mans seat in a street car and let
him stand for eight or ten blocks
Milaoaukee Journal.
A farmer said: ''One thing don't
like about city folks-they be either so
stuck up yer can't reach 'em with hay
stack pole. or so blamed friendly that
they forget to pay their board. "--B9falo
Express.
No man can 60 into bad company
without suffering for it. The homely
old proverb has it very tersely: "a
man can't bite the bottom out of the
frying-pan without shutting his nose. ;"
Hartford Religious Herald.
"A thorough exploration of the
Orinoco river and its sources has been
made by French traveller named
Chaffanjon. He says the sources are
surrounded by chain of mountains in
the form of a fan. to which he has given
the name of the De Lesseps range, after
the great canal builder.
| "A legal gentleman here has two
little boys who have been visiting their
grandfather plantations in the South.
and in boyish fashion one day they were
speculating on their future fortunes.
''Tm going to be farmer" said one.
sand raise lots of cotton" "Well.
said the other, I'm going to be law.
yer, like papa. and steal it all away
from YOU. ."-Louisuille Post.
That's rather uuique-looking
paper-weight you have there. said
Wilkins, indicating curiously-shaped
article lying on the table of his friend
John son. .Yes," said the latter, picl
ing up the object, and eying it critically
"You know they have begun to teacl
cooking in the schools, and this is ;
doughnut baked by my sister Clara
after taking only six lessons in the do
; mestic art. IN Y. Ledger.
: 1t has been discovered that thu
average length of time that the s12.OO(
,, year clergyman is able to work with
out becoming physical wreck ant
having to be sent abroad is sevel
months. The $4,000 man can stand
eight months; he who receives $1,000
nine months; the 5000 preacher, te
months-and so on; but the man on
$500 salary works right along all tn
year around and doesn't break dowr
!. Who can explain this?-TId-Bits.
Y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-11-03

Many man thinks that it is his
goodness which keeps him from crime,
when it is only his full stomach. On
half allowance he would be as ugly and
knavish as anybody. Don't mistake
potatoes for principles Darlington
Justice.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-28
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. Crawford Cox left on the overland
last night.
Albert Gallatin came up on the overland
last evening.
Mrs. W. l. Wallace and children went to
Lincoln yesterday.
Colonel Wilson, of Chico, passed through
to the Bay yesterday.
H. A. Hebron and John st. John went
to Woodland yesterday.
Miss VereG Johnson, of this CITY, is visit
ing friends in Eel Dorado
James O'Brien, of Smartsville, was a
caller at the State Capitol yesterday.
c. H. Gilman, wife and family came
home last evening from visit to San Fran
cisco.
R. T. Devlin, S. Gerson, Major Fred
Neary and J. T.t,Griffitts went to the Bay
yesterday.
Rev. James Curry and wife, who came
up from the Bay yesterday, left for their
home in Placerville yesterday morning
Mrs. J. F. Richardson, of mob Hill, y
went East Wednesday evening. She had
received dispatch stating that her brother
was seriously Ill.
Mrs. ]. H. Miller, of this city, has re-
turned from a visit to Fresno. She was
accompanied on her return by her daugh.
ter, Mrs. II. l.. Backman.
G. Taylor, Senator James Fair and E. A.
Davis came up from San Francisco yeSter-
day, en- route to Iowa Hill to look into the
mining interests Of that section.
Chief Engineer Sullivan came down
from Grass Valley yesterday, where he is
rapidly regaining his health, and will
again return to the famous Bartlett pear
region in day or two.
Rev. ]. a. Van Anda, of Dixon, came to
Sacramento yesterday to meet the evangel-
list A. S. Bell. of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, who is expected to arrive this
morning from Chicago.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel YES
terday: ]. H. Love, San Francisco; II. J.
Biddle and wife, Lakeview, Or; w. NJ.
Patterson, Denver, Col; G. H. Hirst, San
Francisco; C. p. Stacy, Chicago; r. H.
Krause, New York; j S. Easton, Iowa; H
p. Stabler, r. c. kiss, Yuba City; Will B.
Cerwill, julius Wormser, San Francisco;
z. Simon, Santa Cruz; Harry A. Clark,
Thorlow McMullin, H. Block and wife, G.
w. Swain, San Francisco Walter Scott, W.
II. kinross, Oakland; w. S. Seyes, San
Francisco.
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel yesterday
| f. C. Newell, San Francisco; S. J. Stabler,
Yuba City; B. f. Louis, Chico: T. J. Rich
ardson, G. j. Williamson, Lincoln; T. J.
Maxwell, Jr,, E. Suryland, Winters; Sam
Heyman, San Francisco; J. G. Ford. Eu-
reka, New; ]. A. Carter. North Bloomfield;
Ed. Gilmartin, P. Mulhern, Jas. A. Man
ming, Chicago; D. ]. n. Galley, Watson
Vile ]. f. Cunningham, Bowlder Creek;
T. II. Bernard, G. E. Tinkdam, Chico; J. S.
Pace, Woodland; VIM. Ash, wife and
family, Berlin; B. Hicknott, city; VIM.
Hood, Benicia.